Cloudy's Cafe, a conversation zone Sept 15

[DragonMage]

Sorry, Cloudy, my bad. Hi!!! How's it going? Miss Fljotsdale and I were in a bit of a conver. there. Didn't mean to ignore.

BTW, I tried to put that lovely ribbon in my sig and couldn't get it to work. I went into my profile and tried copying the html info and pasting it, but it wouldn't show anything but that long string of www. stuff. What'd I do wrong? I've never tried to put a pic in my sig before and I'm getting bored w/nothing but words. Can you help?

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"Allright! We'll call it a draw."

The day we stop learning is the day we start dying!(c)

*Newly abducted - er, inducted - member of the HADB clan. Mage extraordinair. {and occasional subjugate to Gwhanos the Fluffy }*

[DragonMage]

Originally posted by Fljotsdale: Did you ever get bullied at school because you knew more than the other kids? Sheesh! I did. I read all the text books so far in advance, besides devouring encyclopedias, that I used to show 'em up in class. SUCH a pity I didn't learn discretion until I was adult! I might have had friends!

LOL! Oh, most definitely did I get bullied because of that! Mostly before high school. Then, when the classes got a little harder, everyone wanted to be my friend so I could help them study and understand!!

But earlier in school (1st - 6th grade), I was usually about 6 weeks ahead of everybody else.

We MUST be related somehow. Let's see, I could read at four, so by the time I got to 1st grade at 6&1/2 I was very good at it. Didn't need my finger to keep my place and was very fast. The teacher would often have me read three or four times as much as the rest of the kids because I didn't stumble over words. Boy, they hated me for that. But I was so proud of myself for learning so quickly I didn't think of what that would mean to them. Kids often mistook my satisfaction with myself for learning as me thinking they were stupid. Well, I don't think ANYONE is stupid. Anyone can learn anything they want to. I just happen to like ALOT of things, so I've learned much about many things.

As to "eating up" encyclopedias - boy, did I. My parents learned early on that they couldn't punish me, inasmuch, by sending me to my room because I had all kinds of books and a full set of encyclopedias in my room. They'd send me to my room for something and, when my Mom would come in to check on me two hours later, I'd have several encyclopedias open. She'd ask me "what are you doing?" and I'd tell her, "well...first I looked up the space shuttle and it said 'see rocket boosters for more info.', so I did that...", and so on! I still read AVIDLY. Can't get enough. I like anything that gives me a mental challenge!

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"Allright! We'll call it a draw."

The day we stop learning is the day we start dying!(c)

*Newly abducted - er, inducted - member of the HADB clan. Mage extraordinair. {and occasional subjugate to Gwhanos the Fluffy }*

[This message has been edited by DragonMage (edited 09-15-2001).]

[Fljotsdale]

Originally posted by DragonMage: LOL! Oh, most definitely did I get bullied because of that! Mostly before high school. Then, when the classes got a little harder, everyone wanted to be my friend so I could help them study and understand!! But earlier in school (1st - 6th grade), I was usually about 6 weeks ahead of everybody else. We MUST be related somehow. Let's see, I could read at four, so by the time I got to 1st grade at 6&1/2 I was very good at it. Didn't need my finger to keep my place and was very fast. The teacher would often have me read three or four times as much as the rest of the kids because I didn't stumble over words. Boy, they hated me for that. But I was so proud of myself for learning so quickly I didn't think of what that would mean to them. Kids often mistook my satisfaction with myself for learning as me thinking they were stupid. Well, I don't think ANYONE is stupid. Anyone can learn anything they want to. I just happen to like ALOT of things, so I've learned much about many things. As to "eating up" encyclopedias - boy, did I. My parents learned early on that they couldn't punish me, inasmuch, by sending me to my room because I had all kinds of books and a full set of encyclopedias in my room. They'd send me to my room for something and, when my Mom would come in to check on me two hours later, I'd have several encyclopedias open. She'd ask me "what are you doing?" and I'd tell her, "well...first I looked up the space shuttle and it said 'see rocket boosters for more info.', so I did that...", and so on! I still read AVIDLY. Can't get enough. I like anything that gives me a mental challenge!

Oh, boy! You could be my twin! I wonder how we would have got on if we had been at school together? I HATED it when someone knew something I didn't, and I reckon you might've!
I was never able to go to university when I was young, so went when I was in my mid-fifties and graduated at age 60. I love learning new things, too!

[DragonMage]

Originally posted by Fljotsdale: Oh, boy! You could be my twin! I wonder how we would have got on if we had been at school together? I HATED it when someone knew something I didn't, and I reckon you might've! I was never able to go to university when I was young, so went when I was in my mid-fifties and graduated at age 60. I love learning new things, too!

Well, I'm sure we would've gotten along just fine. I didn't get to go to college right out of regular school, either. I'm just about to finish up a course in Gourmet Cooking and Catering. I'm taking it via a correspondence course because my work schedule doesn't leave room for attending classes. Right now, I have a 95 average and have only four more lessons to go. In a few years, I hope to open a restaurant/catering establishment. *crosses fingers* After I finish this course and get it paid off, I'm going to take Small Business Management, then Restaurant Management, etc., etc. I intend to take lessons and continue learning to my dying breath!

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"Allright! We'll call it a draw."

The day we stop learning is the day we start dying!(c)

*Newly abducted - er, inducted - member of the HADB clan. Mage extraordinair. {and occasional subjugate to Gwhanos the Fluffy }*

[Fljotsdale]

Originally posted by DragonMage: Well, I'm sure we would've gotten along just fine. I didn't get to go to college right out of regular school, either. I'm just about to finish up a course in Gourmet Cooking and Catering. I'm taking it via a correspondence course because my work schedule doesn't leave room for attending classes. Right now, I have a 95 average and have only four more lessons to go. In a few years, I hope to open a restaurant/catering establishment. *crosses fingers* After I finish this course and get it paid off, I'm going to take Small Business Management, then Restaurant Management, etc., etc. I intend to take lessons and continue learning to my dying breath!

Well done, you! Never lose that attitude! Having a well-stuffed head will ALWAYS stand you in good stead. Hm. So will a well-stuffed pastry!

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[Fljotsdale]

G'night, everyone! G'night, DragonMage! I enjoyed my first visit in Cloudy's Cafe very much!

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[Jerome]

Bye Fljotsdale!

See you next time around!

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[DragonMage]

See ya later, M'lady Fljotsdale!

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"Allright! We'll call it a draw."

The day we stop learning is the day we start dying!(c)

*Newly abducted - er, inducted - member of the HADB clan. Mage extraordinair. Occasional subjugate to Gwhanos the Fluffy *

[Lioness]

Anybody here? just popping in b4 bed. I spose 'romey hit the sack? darn, I wanted him to see my sig.



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[SSJ4Sephiroth]

hi everybody! im in Oklahoma City right now using my grandmas ANCIENT 180 MHz comp w/ a slooooow modem! cant keep up w/ me, heheheh... anyways, just thot id check in. im getting very bored here, and this comp isnt exactly state of the art as you can tell!

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